"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes before they're announced"

Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by CobrastanJorji on Thursday November 06, 2025 @03:15PM (#45839849)

They strike first, and then if there are any survivors, which there usually are not, they seem to release them to their home countries ( https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/18/politics/caribbean-boat-strik... ).

Now, you may ask "if these are criminal drug traffickers that need to be killed, why would we release survivors instead of arresting them and charging them with a crime?"

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Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by thunky on Thursday November 06, 2025 @08:46PM (#45842724)

To be fair (not that this is a good excuse) the article says:

The two surviving terrorists are being returned to their Countries of origin, Ecuador and Colombia, for detention and prosecution,”

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Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by qingcharles on Thursday November 06, 2025 @10:52PM (#45843410)

The countries said there was nothing to prosecute and they have zero evidence of any crime committed by the released persons, IIRC.

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Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by BLKNSLVR on Thursday November 06, 2025 @10:31PM (#45843297)

> for detention and prosecution

ie. the hard bit.

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Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by enaaem on Friday November 07, 2025 @03:08AM (#45844466)

But why? If they are terrorists why would you release them?

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Re:"I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes befor... by tjpnz on Friday November 07, 2025 @03:44AM (#45844634)

Occam's razor.

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